Sentences with phrase «for plant biologists»

Meetings are unique opportunities for plant biologists to network and exchange information on the current state of the science, significant breakthroughs and new areas of inquiry.

Burke has long intersected with BTI, both as a representative for the Association of Independent Research Institutes (AIRI) since 1989, and more recently through her company's work with the American Society For Plant Biologists (ASPB).

The wispy, ankle - high mustard plant called Arabidopsis serves as a model system for plant biologists.

The study showed that «the control of the secondary cell wall is incredibly complex and detailed, which is important for plant biologists who want to change it to make biofuels,» she said.

For plant biologists, the unraveling of the genetic code of this small mustardlike weed, Arabidopsis thaliana, offers a long - awaited window into the genetic makeup of all plants, including key crops.

But appearances are misleading; the twigs are an important reference for all plant biologists.

Not exact matches

Plant biologist José Dinneny probes the very beginnings of root development, which may have important implications for growing food in a changing climate.

«Seeds are ideally suited to storing life,» says David Tepfer, an emeritus plant biologist at the Palace of Versailles Research Center of the National Institute for Agronomic Research in France.

Biologists have known for years that plants make their own hemoglobin, the oxygen - ferrying molecule that gives animal blood its red color.

The Cologne molecular biologist is an expert on root - colonizing fungi and the plant immune system, the Würzburg chemist is a specialist for sugar molecules and their functions in cells and organisms.

Plant biologist Romain Pierron, who at the time of the survey had a 1 - year contract as a tech transfer officer, went through two periods of unemployment — one between the end of his doctoral contract and his defense in 2015, and another as he was applying for positions the following year — before recently taking a 2 - year postdoc at the Stellenbosch University in South Africa.

In a recent issue of Trends in Plant Science, František Baluška, a plant cell biologist at the University of Bonn in Germany, and Stefano Mancuso, a plant physiologist at the University of Florence in Italy, lay out new evidence for visually aware vegetaPlant Science, František Baluška, a plant cell biologist at the University of Bonn in Germany, and Stefano Mancuso, a plant physiologist at the University of Florence in Italy, lay out new evidence for visually aware vegetaplant cell biologist at the University of Bonn in Germany, and Stefano Mancuso, a plant physiologist at the University of Florence in Italy, lay out new evidence for visually aware vegetaplant physiologist at the University of Florence in Italy, lay out new evidence for visually aware vegetation.

«The Base in not well surveyed for most animal groups and given its location on Cuba, the extent of rare habitat, [and] the number of rare plants, there are bound to be many more discoveries to be made and we are promoting it to other biologists as a research destination,» Droege says.

«We are potentially looking at a very fundamental agent for the action of fire in the world's plants,» says plant biologist Kingsley Dixon, also of the University of Western Australia, who helped isolate the molecule.

Thanks to a National Science Foundation — funded initiative called the iPlant Collaborative, for example, there's an emerging generation of data - analyzing «plant biologists» who have never gotten their hands dirty digging in soil or watering seeds.

For three years, Stanford biologist Jose Fragoso and his collaborators worked with these people to collect extensive information on local plant and animal species, as well as demographic information on the nearly 10,000 residents of the Rupununi region.

For example, a lack of iron limits the growth of microscopic plants in the Southern Ocean around Antarctica and elsewhere, a fact that prompted marine biologist John Martin to famously muse: «Give me half a tanker of iron, and I'll give you the next ice age.»

According to Crispin Taylor, the executive director of the American Society of Plant Biologists in Rockville, Maryland, and a former editor for Science Careers, plant genomics is «a discipline and a set of tools, both.&rPlant Biologists in Rockville, Maryland, and a former editor for Science Careers, plant genomics is «a discipline and a set of tools, both.&rplant genomics is «a discipline and a set of tools, both.»

The petition, which is the first organized by individual scientists in support of GM technology, yielded more than 1,400 signatures from plant science experts supporting the American Society of Plant Biologists» (ASPB) position statement on genetically modified (GM) crops, which states that they are «an effective tool for advancing food security and reducing the negative environmental impacts of agriculture.&rplant science experts supporting the American Society of Plant Biologists» (ASPB) position statement on genetically modified (GM) crops, which states that they are «an effective tool for advancing food security and reducing the negative environmental impacts of agriculture.&rPlant Biologists» (ASPB) position statement on genetically modified (GM) crops, which states that they are «an effective tool for advancing food security and reducing the negative environmental impacts of agriculture.»

Plants spread their seeds across the landscape to colonize new areas, but it's difficult and expensive for biologists to trace their movements.

While the search goes on, Pruitt hopes other biologists will hunt for evidence of the phenomenon in plants, animals and even humans.

The comments appeared to confirm what geologists, biologists and environmentalists had been warning about for years: building a massive hydropower dam in an area that is heavily populated, home to threatened animal and plant species, and crossed by geologic fault lines is a recipe for disaster.

Biologist Edward O. Wilson argues that humans are hardwired for biophilia, or a love of wild plants and animals, and that putting them back in touch with the environment could resurrect that feeling.

In the latest peer - reviewed publication on the potential impacts of a border wall on plants and animals, conservation biologists, led by a pair of scientists from The University of Texas at Austin, say that border walls threaten to harm endangered Texas plants and animals and cause trouble for the region's growing ecotourism industry.

De-extinction — bringing back extinct animal and plant species — is a term that conservation biologists and environmentalists have been bandying about for a decade or so.

But despite these two tracks being completely separate, two recent rounds of interviews for clients on either side of this divide helped me recognize what a successful Indian plant breeder has in common with an equally first - rate American cell biologist: The passion they have for what they do still drives their career success a decade after leaving the academic lab.

With an entire plant genome to work from, biologists can now probe the genes responsible for such basic plant activities as budding, blooming, sleeping and seeding.

Scientists should also recognize that there is a limit to what they can achieve, says Marcel Kuntz, a research director and fundamental plant biologist at the National Center for Scientific Research in the Laboratory of Plant and Cell Physiology in Grenoble, Frplant biologist at the National Center for Scientific Research in the Laboratory of Plant and Cell Physiology in Grenoble, FrPlant and Cell Physiology in Grenoble, France.

«Plants recycle, too: Biologists have now identified a new protein complex which is crucial for endocytosis in plants.&Plants recycle, too: Biologists have now identified a new protein complex which is crucial for endocytosis in plants.&plants.»

«It's becoming impossible to work in Brazil, especially for young scientists,» says plant biologist Marcos Buckeridge, a professor at the University of São Paulo and president of the São Paulo State Academy of Sciences.

But recent research by University of Cincinnati Biologist Denis Conover, working alongside Tim Sisson, president of the Western Wildlife Corridor, reveal their approach for safely killing and removing invasive plants, thus leading to a natural resurgence of native species at Bender Mountain Preserve and other natural wooded areas in southwestern Ohio.

«Biologists uncovers a genetic mechanism that could enhance yield in cereal crops: Precise regulation of plant hormones in early reproductive development as a target for yield increases.»

William Murdoch's counterargument, termed the plant self - defense hypothesis by conservation biologist John Terborgh, suggests that food (bottom - up control) has the strongest influence, that the world may be green because not all plants are palatable to herbivores, and that predators are unnecessary for ecosystem regulation.

For Duke plant biologist Xinnian Dong, who for 20 years has studied plant immune responses in Arabidopsis, HHMI support comes in the nick of time to replace the NSF funding that had supported her early woFor Duke plant biologist Xinnian Dong, who for 20 years has studied plant immune responses in Arabidopsis, HHMI support comes in the nick of time to replace the NSF funding that had supported her early wofor 20 years has studied plant immune responses in Arabidopsis, HHMI support comes in the nick of time to replace the NSF funding that had supported her early work.

For plant molecular biologist Esther van der Knaap, a flattened greenhouse means a setback of many weeks, or perhaps even a year, for her lab's research on the genetics of fruit shape and development in tomatoFor plant molecular biologist Esther van der Knaap, a flattened greenhouse means a setback of many weeks, or perhaps even a year, for her lab's research on the genetics of fruit shape and development in tomatofor her lab's research on the genetics of fruit shape and development in tomatoes.

«As part of ITbM's interdisciplinary research initiative, we decided to search for new compounds that can inhibit the cell division in plants without causing damage to them,» says Minako Ueda, a plant biologist and a leader of this study.

In the 19th century, evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin pointed out that breeding led to striking differences between farm animals and plants and their wild counterparts, an observation that helped lay the foundation for his theory of evolution.

HHMI wanted to see more plant biologists apply, says Jack Dixon, HHMI chief scientific officer, so it and the Moore Foundation set up a special competition just for the field.

Now a research team led by Sean Cutler, a plant cell biologist at the University of California, Riverside, has found a new drought - protecting chemical that shows high potential for becoming a powerful tool for crop protection in the new world of extreme weather.

A group of plant biologists at the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) of Nagoya University, have reported in the journal Genes and Development, on their discovery on how plant's maternal and paternal factors cooperate for the child to grow in the proper shape.

Biologists at UC San Diego have succeeded in visualizing the movement within plants of a key hormone responsible for growth and resistance to drought.

«Plants have, for a long time, provided us with valuable products like food, biofuels, construction materials and the oxygen we breathe,» notes plant biologist turned chemical engineer Juan Pablo Giraldo, a postdoctoral fellow in the research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who did the work.

Peter Meyer, a molecular biologist at the University of Leeds, and his colleagues identified a gene they labeled Sho (for shooting), which controls production of cytokinins, hormones that delay aging in plants.

Regulators need to adapt to these new techniques, or run the risk of over - or under - regulating GM plants, says Roger Beachy, a plant biologist at Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, and former head of the USDA's National Institute for Food and Agriculture.

A new method by researchers from New England Biolabs and New Mexico State University provides plant biologists with a quick and simple approach for separating plant nuclear DNA from organellar DNA for genomic and metagenomic studies.

Plant biologists at ITbM, Nagoya University have discovered the key element, an EPFL2 peptide that is responsible for creating the teeth - like shapes on plant lePlant biologists at ITbM, Nagoya University have discovered the key element, an EPFL2 peptide that is responsible for creating the teeth - like shapes on plant leplant leaves.

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At first this section may include only your association memberships: «American Society of Plant Biologists, Mycological Society of America, American Phytopathological Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science.»

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«It's nice to see they came to the same conclusion that we did» about liverworts, says Jim Leebens - Mack, a plant evolutionary biologist at the University of Georgia in Athens who helped gather the data Donoghue used for the new analysis.